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At Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, our compassionate, experienced specialists and veterinarians serve as an extension of your primary care veterinarian. We work together to provide quality specialty and emergency veterinary care for pets throughout Arizona.

We have been caring for pets from across Northwest Tucson, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas since 2004 and we want you to feel comfortable trusting your pet's care to our veterinary staff. At Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, we always treat your pets as our own.

At our veterinary hospital, we serve clients from as far away as Sierra Vista, Phoenix, and Flagstaff, as well as Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas.

Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson is seeking experienced veterinary technicians. A veterinary technician is the lifeblood of a veterinary hospital and assists veterinarians with providing the best possible care to patients and owners. When a client chooses the Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, they can be confident they are selecting the specialty and emergency medical center of choice for family veterinarians and pet owners. Every day, our dedicated team of experienced board-certified veterinarians, veterinary technicians and support staff use their extensive experience, skill and love for animals to provide pets with the best chance of a happy, healthy recovery. If you enjoy a fast paced, challenging, and highly rewarding environment come join our family.

We currently have vacancies in our Emergency and ICU departments. We are seeking a qualified individual with experience working in a fast paced setting who is available for full time employment. Shift times and lengths may vary based on hospital needs and employee availability.

Position Overview: The Veterinary Technician supports hospital operations by providing dedicated quality veterinary care and exceptional service to our patients and clients. Responsibilities include; providing patient care by determining animal requirements, conducting examinations and diagnostic procedures, assisting during surgery and operations, provide nursing care, assisting with feeding and caring for patients, maintaining medical supplies and equipment, oversee triage and discharging patients, and maintaining patient medical records.

Essential Position Functions:

• Determine animal requirements by conducting examinations and interviews, reviewing care plans and records, completing laboratory tests and studies, and diagnostic imaging.
• Care for patients by taking vital signs, collecting samples, administering medications, drugs, and vaccines, and bandaging and wrapping wounds.
• Support patient examinations and operations by assembling required supplies and instruments, securing and bringing patients to examination rooms, and restraining patients; aids as directed by veterinarian.
• Provide excellent pet care by applying full knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, specialized equipment usage, and specialized drug administration
• Obtain and verifies medications.
• Ensure that patients have food and water, cleans patients ' rooms, cages, and equipment; observes patients for clinical signs of disease.
• As directed, fill prescriptions and administer medications, including proper documentation, logging and security of controlled drugs.
• Maintain a safe, secure, healthy and humane environment by sterilizing and wrapping instruments, sanitizing and disinfecting holding and operating areas, storing sterile supplies, verifying shelf life, following standards and procedures and in compliance with applicable legal regulations.
• Maintain medical records by documenting patients’ conditions, reactions, and changes; updates database in an accurate and timely manner.
• Communicate with the pet owner about the status of the patient, as directed by the veterinarian.
• Maintain equipment by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining equipment supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
• Maintain inventory, places orders for needed supplies, verifies, and maintains receipts.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional journals.
• Release pets to their owners as directed; ensures that every animal released is clean and properly groomed before their release.
• Understand and carries out oral and written directions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager or practice.
• May have to be on call in ICU

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Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson provided the following inclusive hiring information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• On call
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Veterinary experience: 2 years (Preferred)
• Veterinary technician: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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